Senior Contract Job Trends in Gatwick

Senior
West Sussex > Gatwick

The median Senior daily rate in Gatwick is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gatwick 12.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Sussex median daily rate £575 £356 £475
% change year-on-year +61.40% -25.00% -31.95%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Gatwick

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gatwick. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Gatwick with a recognized job title 6 0 2
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 75.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £389 - £163
25th Percentile £613 - £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 - £175
Median % change year-on-year - - -64.10%
75th Percentile £675 - £186
90th Percentile £706 - £192
West Sussex median daily rate £469 £431 £450
% change year-on-year +8.75% -4.17% -4.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Gatwick

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gatwick.

Senior job vacancy trend in Gatwick

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Gatwick

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Gatwick.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Gatwick

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in Gatwick

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Gatwick.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Gatwick

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gatwick

For the 6 months to 1 July 2026, Senior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Gatwick region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Umbraco
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gatwick by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG